Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volume 1Gould and Lincoln, 1856 |
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... words in the line be- ginning with the same letter , which letter must also be the initial of the first word on which the stress of the voice falls in the second line . A few names of inferior note - Aldhelm , abbot of * Thorpe's ...
... words in the line be- ginning with the same letter , which letter must also be the initial of the first word on which the stress of the voice falls in the second line . A few names of inferior note - Aldhelm , abbot of * Thorpe's ...
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... words , in order that he might be understood by unlettered people . As he was really successful in writing simply ... words were softened down until they were entirely lost . Dr Johnson expresses his opinion , that the Normans affected ...
... words , in order that he might be understood by unlettered people . As he was really successful in writing simply ... words were softened down until they were entirely lost . Dr Johnson expresses his opinion , that the Normans affected ...
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... words , but its grammatical structure is considerably It altered . There is a metrical Saxon or English trans- lation , by one LAYAMON , a priest of Ernely , on the Severn , from the Brut d'Angleterre of Wace . Its date is not ...
... words , but its grammatical structure is considerably It altered . There is a metrical Saxon or English trans- lation , by one LAYAMON , a priest of Ernely , on the Severn , from the Brut d'Angleterre of Wace . Its date is not ...
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... words is not scarce , Heathen hound he doth thee call ; And ere his daughter he give thee till Thine heart - blood he will spill , And thy barons all ! ' When the Soudan this y - heard , As a wood2 man he fared , 3 His robe he rent ...
... words is not scarce , Heathen hound he doth thee call ; And ere his daughter he give thee till Thine heart - blood he will spill , And thy barons all ! ' When the Soudan this y - heard , As a wood2 man he fared , 3 His robe he rent ...
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... words and now soft , That made them to disputen oft ; And each his reason had , And thus with tales he them led ... word was not so soon spoke , That his one ee anon was loke : And his fellow forthwith also Was blind on both his eyes two ...
... words and now soft , That made them to disputen oft ; And each his reason had , And thus with tales he them led ... word was not so soon spoke , That his one ee anon was loke : And his fellow forthwith also Was blind on both his eyes two ...
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